All Illustrations: DURHAM CATHEDRAL
See a selection of Bibles and Manuscripts from across the World; from Durham Cathedral’s Archive. Find more about their history and how they arrived in Durham, and learn
why one Bible was buried for years !!!
Discover Bibles and Manuscripts from as early as
700 A.D. and see the difference between early Bibles and
the new style of Bible, introduced from the 1200s.
Get up close to the rarely-seen Durham Gospels, the
“older sister” to the famous Lindisfarne Gospels.
Glorious Gospels !!! is the latest collection exhibition,
where you can see the first complete Bible printed in England, and the first officially-approved Bible translation into
modern English.
From 4 July 2024 to 13 October 2024, focus on the unique details of the Covers and Pages in Bibles and Manuscripts, including a hand-embroidered Cover and special edition Mother of Pearl Bible.
Durham Cathedral’s Organ Recital Series 2024.
Featuring some of Britain’s greatest Organists.
Join Durham Cathedral’s series of Organ Recitals on
the Cathedral’s magnificent Harrison & Harrison Organ.
More information on these Exhibitions and Recitals,
and Application Forms, can be obtained
on Durham Cathedral’s Web-Site
The Grand Organ of Durham Cathedral.
Played by: James Lancelot.
Available on YouTube
Once again with Zephyrinus on our world tour, we rightly return to Durham Cathedral, and its fabulous Harrison & Harrison Ltd. pipe organ.
ReplyDeleteExperts say the matching of the acoustic, with its long narrow but resonant nave, and the perfect placement of the organ on either side of the quire—an arrangement which sometimes doesn’t work with a lesser organ builder or an uncooperative architectural design——in this case, however, permits the Durham Cathedral instrument to sound clearly down the nave, from pianissimo stops to fortissimo, with all of its 4 sub-sections: solo, choir, swell, great, and pedal.
A truly grand and quintessentially “English cathedral organ” sound. — Comment by Dante P
A truly professional assessment on Durham Cathedral’s Great Organ by our esteemed Organ Correspondent, Dante P, for which we are most grateful.
DeleteDante P sums it up, perfectly, when we read: “A truly grand and quintessentially English Cathedral Organ sound”.